Firstly number 2 for Mark mercuri, then 18 for Michael Hurley
4 for Wanganeen when I had a body like him. My jumper is now 25. Draw your own conclusions why.
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- 1 - Mark Harvey
- ā¦ didnāt want to be Ukovic, so added an extra tightly-spaced 1 to be 11 - Hardwick
- 38 - Draper (signed, sponsor)
- 5 - Nanscawen (signed, sponsor, now framed)
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My uncle had a sports store and gave me and my brother jumpers.
I wanted #8 Ron Evans and my brother wanted #23 Ken Fraser
I got #11 Johnny Birt and my brother #31 Hugh Mitchell
I was lucky as Evans never played for us again, heading for Perth to head up Spotless there.
A couple of years ago, I ran into a guy at cricket called Hugh Mitchell wearing #32. When I mentioned the link to #31, he said he was a Pies fan and had never heard of our Hugh. Strangely, he was out LBW next ball, even though he claimed heād hit it for 4.
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Was always #10 as a young tacker for mine.
For Coleman who I got to meet whilst he was still coach.
And happily to the great CHF Alan Noonan back in the dayā¦
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Early 1970s, kicking the dew off the grass running around cross keys reserve on a Saturday morning in No 6
Kenny Roberts
Only logic was his surname = my first name. (Or thereabouts)
80s duffle coat #1 - Merv
#5 Terry Daniher, on a black duffle coat. Years later I met he and and Neil Clarke [RIP] at Uluru on a work trip both in black and red polos.
Iād grown up by then, into my 30s but was [still] completely starstruck. Both Terry and Neil ere gracious enough to agree to a photo that my companion, a female buddy who didnāt know either of them, cheekily requested. I still have it on my bookshelf.
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I won a jumper that was #15 and signed by Ezard and Prior.
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#5 for TD, then #32 for Timmy Watson then back to #5 for Jimmy.
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18 Matthew Lloyd
#5 Elijah Tsatas
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Long sleeve Fila āOrangeā #10 (inspired by father in lawās Coleman stories). Stopped wearing it because it was itchy and turned blue.
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Puma ā3 Mobileā #5 Hird (signed by Sheedy). Too small now.
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Adidas Samsung #8 (Winderlich/Bewick). Also too small now. Plus, I refuse to endorse Samsung anymore on principal.
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AFLW #6 Danielle Marshall - never worn, signed and waiting to be framed
Age and weight gain has probably ensured that I wonāt be wearing any new ones in the short to very long term future. #8 and #10 have always kind of been my favourite numbers; when I was playing rec footy in the states I would always grab either the 8 or 10 from the pinnie bag.
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Had 27 on the duffle coat. Good old Simon Madden.
Maybe itās time to buy a new #10 
Bring back the duffle coat!
For some it will never leave!!
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#5 for Terry Daniher
Donāt know how he wasnāt in the top 10 of the Don the Stat list of best Essendon players since 1980.
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5 for Nathan Buckley
#6 for Neale on the back of the duffle coat.
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Same here.
Agree strongly.
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Family then:
11 Geoff Blethyn
1 Neville Fields
4 Ron Andrews
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